Shade supporting bracket



J y 2- R. JENKINS, sR

SHADE SUPPORTING BRACKET Filed Jan. 17, 1930 IN VENTOR g 1%- j ELATTORNE 1 i liifua Patented July 5, 1932 UNITED sr'rr;

ROBERT JENKINS, SR, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND SHADE snrron'rnve BRAcxn'rApplication filed January 17,1930. seriaigno. 421,331..

This invention relates to certain improvements in adjustable shadebrackets and ourtain pole supports, and has for its particular objectthe provision of an inexpensive, compact device, capable of beingmanufacture and sold at an extremely low cost.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a supportingbracket andcurtain pole holder embodying an attaching plate capable ofbeing easily and quickly 'secured toa window frame construction and theattaching plate being provided with a slidable shade supporting elementand fastening means therefor, to permit the shade supporting element tobe held and moved in various adjusted positions relative to the plate.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a supportingbracket and ourtain pole holder, embodying an attaching plate equippedwith means for holding an adjustable shade supporting bracket andprovided at one end with a curtain pole suport.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features,

combination and arrangement of parts asv Referring to the drawing, myimproved invention comprises in its construction a IQCf Figure 4 is anenlarged perspective view Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sec-vtangular, plate 6, having 'itsopposite longitudinal edges bent back uponone face of the plate to provide guide flanges 7 and 8, resp'ectively."The body'of the plate6 is providedwith openings 9 for the reception of'55 fastening elements 10, whereby saidplate may be secured to a windowframe construction A, as clearly illustrated in Figures 1, 2,'and .3, ofthe drawing. o 1 The upper longitudinal edge of the plate 6,'is bentback and is of'a dep'thless than the depth of the bent back portion 8,and the termin'als of 'th'es'e portions 7 and 8, respectively,

terminate at a relatively spaced distance V apart to provide a movingspace for the pas 35 sage of a shade supporting element. r E The flange8 is also equipped with a longitudinal slot 11, to have extended therethrough a means whereby the shade'sup'portingelement may be held invarious adjusted positions 'relative'to the plate 6; f v

The shade supporting element comprises a plate or body 12, provided on'one of its'side longitudinal edges adjacent the bottom with a lateralextension 13, having secured to one face thereof, and at right anglesthereto, a screw threaded pin 14. The opposite side longitudinal edge ofthe plate or body 12 has a lateral extension intermediate of its ends,which is bent at right angles to the body to $6 constitute a shadesupporting member 15.

The body 12 is slidable between the flanges 7 and 8, respectively, ofthe plate 6. The element 15 slides between the longitudinal edges of theterminals of the flanges 7 and 8, respect-ively, and the pin 14 extendsthrough the slot 11 and is equipped with a wing nut 16,

so that said body 12 maybe held in fixed adjusted positions relative tothe plate 6.

One end of said plate 6 is bent back upon itself, as at 13'. The turnedback portion of the plate 6, at the end thereof, provides an overlappingguide flange 14, having one wall open and its other wall closed, as at15, to provide a stop 16, to limit the downward Q5 movement of thefastening end of a curtain supporting pole C, when slidably fittedtherein.

It is to be understood that the plate 6 and 1 2 elements 12 are made upin pairs for the oppo- 1 60 site sides of a window frame construction,and the plates are identical in construction, so the singular terminstead of the plural term has been used throughout the specification.

In use, the plates 6 are fastened to the window frames, as illustrated,the shade supporting brackets are slidably mounted between the flanges 7and 8, respectively, of the plates 6, with the pin 14 extending throughthe slot 11 of the bottom flange 8,

and a wing nut 16 is fitted thereon to hold this I plate in adjustedposition relative to the plate 6. r

The curtain pole C has, its opposite ends slidably mounted vertically inthe guide flan es l4, and the device is ready for use.

' aving thus described my invention, what I claim as new is: o

A combined shade supporting bracket and curtain pole support of theclass described, comprising a blank stamped from a single piece ofmaterial having its opposite side longitudinal edges bent adjacent oneface thereof to provide guide flanges, the; longitudinal flanges of saidplate terminating adjacent one another to provide a longitudinal slot,one end of said plate bent against one face thereof to provide a curtainpole sup;- port, a shade supporting element slidable on the face of saidplate and located within the guide flanges, a shade supporting memberextending at right angles fromv said; element and movable in the slotdefined by the flanges, and one of said flanges provided with means toreceive an associating means of the element so that the latter may beretained in adjusted positions relative to the plate.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my ign ure- ROBERT J ENKINS, SR.

